B5 Mathematics · Term 3, Week 11
Chance (Probability)
Lesson notes
Learning Objectives
Indicator: B5.4.2.1.1 - Classify the likelihood of a single outcome occurring in a probability experiment as impossible, possible, or certain
By the end of the lesson, learners can:
- Define and distinguish between impossible, possible, and certain outcomes using everyday examples.
- Classify single outcomes from a probability experiment (such as rolling a die or picking from a bag) as impossible, possible, or certain.
- Justify their classification of an outcome by examining the full set of possible results of an experiment.
- List all possible outcomes of a simple probability experiment and identify outcomes that are impossible, possible, or certain.
- Explain why an outcome like “obtaining the number 7 on a die” is impossible while “obtaining 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6” is certain.
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- Strand
- Data (Strand 4)
- Sub-strand
- Chance (Probability) (4.2)
- Content standard
- B5.4.2.1 - Describe the likelihood of a single outcome occurring using words such as impossible, possible, and certain
- Indicator
- B5.4.2.1.1 - Classify the likelihood of a single outcome occurring in a probability experiment as impossible, possible, or certain
- Suggested placement
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Term 3, Week 11
(Week 35 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
- Curriculum reference
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Mathematics Curriculum for Primary Schools (Basic 4-6), 2019, p. 112
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.
Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)
E.g. In a Ludo competition with a die, the event of "obtaining the number 1" is possible; the event of "obtaining the number 7" is impossible; the event of "obtaining the number 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6" is certain.
